diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d967f9f7..6b21b07d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <!--Data / Persistence -->
         <slick.version>3.3.3</slick.version>
         <!-- Avro -->
-        <avro.version>1.11.1</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
         <avro.scala.version>1.8.0</avro.scala.version>
         <!-- Scalate Templating engine -->
         <scalatra.version>1.8.0</scalatra.version>